[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41013-41014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11433]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0070; FRL-8199-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid 
Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060-
0529

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 18, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2005-0070, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment 
and Media Programs Division (CAMPD), Office of Compliance (OC), (Mail 
Code 2223A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax 
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional

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comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days 
of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number EPA-HQ-OECA-2005-0070, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket is (202) 566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, as EPA receives them and without 
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential 
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information about the 
electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: NESHAP for Hydrochloric Acid Production (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2032.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0529.
    ICR Status: This ICR is schedules to expire on July 31, 2006. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. An 
Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to 
respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations 
in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants (NESHAP) for hydrochloric acid production were proposed on 
September 18, 2001, (66 FR 48174), final rule on April 17, 2003 (68 FR 
19076), amended on August 24, 2005 (70 FR 49530), and promulgated on 
April 7, 2006, (71 FR 17738). These standards apply to each existing, 
new, or reconstructed effected major source at a hydrochloric acid 
(HCl) production facility.
    An HCl production facility is a collection of units operations and 
equipment associated with the production of liquid HCl products. The 
hazardous air pollutants (HAP) identified as being emitted from HCl 
production sources are hydrochloric acid (HCl) and chlorine 
(Cl2). A major source of HAP is one that emits or has the 
potential to emit any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons) 
or more per year or any combination of HAP at a rate of 22.68 megagrams 
(25 tons) or more per year. Respondents must submit one-time only 
notifications, compliance status report, and initial performance test 
results. Owners/operators are also required to maintain records of the 
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the 
operations of an affected facility, or any period during which the 
monitoring system is inoperative. Semiannual summary reports are also 
required.
    Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this subpart 
must maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at 
least five years following the collection of such measurements, 
maintenance reports, and records. All reports are sent to the delegated 
state or local authority. In the event that there is no such delegated 
authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB Control Number. The OMB Control Numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 541 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train 
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search 
data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and 
transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Hydrochloric acid (HCl) production 
facility.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 75.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, initially, annually and 
semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 94,104.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $8,647,759 which includes $54,000 
annualized capital startup costs, $634,000 annualized O&M costs, and 
$7,959,759 annual labor costs..
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 44,785 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The increase in burden from the most recently 
approved ICR is due to the requirements of the rule. Because of the 
requirements, the respondent universe varied among the different 
activities, since not all of the respondents must complete each 
activity each year. It is not until the third year following 
promulgation that all sources must be in compliance and thus, subject 
to the rule. We are therefore, accounting for all of the sources that 
are subject to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in this 
ICR. There is an increase of two additional sources per year over the 
three years of this ICR. There was an increase in the labor rates which 
also contributed to an increase in the cost burden.
    There is an increase in the capital/startup and operations and 
maintenance (O&M) costs from the previous ICR. This is due to the fact 
that all sources are presently in compliance with the standards. The 
increase in cost can also be attributed to an increase in the number of 
sources.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11433 Filed 7-18-06; 8:45 am]
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